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Table 4 History of behavioral problems

From: Eating disorders among patients incarcerated only for repeated shoplifting: a retrospective quasi-case-control study in a medical prison in Japan

 

Shoplifting (S) Group (n = 41)

Drug offense (D) Group (n = 14)

Control (C) Group (n = 34)

TS

p

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

Substance abuse

     

  Illicit drug use

0 (0a)

14 (100b)

21 (62c)

50.3

<0.001

  Organic solvent

0 (0a)

13 (93b)

13 (38c)

40.9

<0.001

  Severe alcoholism

2 (5a)

7 (50b)

14 (41b)

14.8

<0.001

  Sexual promiscuity

2 (5a)

6 (43b)

15 (44b)

14.7

<0.001

  Self-harm

6 (15a)

11 (79b)

26 (76b)

31.0

<0.001

Shoplifting rate in lifetime

41(100)

14 (100)

20 (59)

-

-

  Previous to eating disorder

3 (7)

13 (93)

-

**

<0.001

  Prosecution history

41 (100a)

4 (29b)

15 (75c)

33.7

<0.001

  Items were limited to food

31 (76a)

0 (0b)

1 (5b)

47.4

<0.001

  Imprisonment for shoplifting

41 (100)

0 (0)

2 (10)

75.9

<0.001

  Economically distressed

4 (10)

-

2 (100)

-

-

  Previous imprisonment

7 (17)

-

1 (5)

-

-

Other prosecution history of drug-related offenses

0 (0a)

14 (100b)

14 (41c)

45.9

< 0.001

Other crimes*

2 (5a)

8 (57b)

19 (56b)

23.3

< 0.001

Past imprisonment for other than shoplifting

0 (0)

5 (36)

13 (38)

16.2

< 0.001

  1. Significance level: p < 0.05.
  2. Significant differences between two or among three groups: Statistical tests used were the χ 2 test, Yates exact test (if n < 10) or Fisher’s exact test for dichotomous variables. Post-hoc analyses for significant differences (χ 2 test: p < 0.05) are indicated by superscript letters “a” and “b.” Groups sharing a letter did not significantly differ. Degree of freedom (df): χ 2 test for all three groups, 2; χ 2 test for two groups, 1. *Other crimes include murder, assault, fraud, and theft other than shoplifting. **Data could not be detected from Fisher’s exact probability.